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Re: NFC: Sierra Club
I never have had direct contact with any Sierra Club members but even before
I read about them here, I had already heard similiar stories. One Sierra
Club member did come to my door once when just my wife was home, it had
something to do about a nearby body of water. My wife explained to him that
she didn't have the time at the moment to listen to him and with that he
said something like, "don't you care". At that point she said he saw the
door closing on him very quickly. My wife cares, as do I but sometimes
people just don't have the time to listen to someone standing on the
doorstep; it may be an ok time for them but maybe not for the person at
home. They seem to be a group of people trying to bait other's into a fight
if things don't go just their way;along the lines of the PETA group. Robert
Rice, you're right, when you say where there is a common ground we can all
work together, if the Sierra and PETA groups saw this they could spend more
time on conservation rather than slaming everyone that has a different point
of view.
----- Original Message -----
From: robert a rice <robertrice at juno_com>
To: <nfc at actwin_com>
Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2000 3:49 PM
Subject: Re: NFC: Sierra Club
> I find it terribly frustrating that such a myopic version of conservation
> exsists . Not only does it exsisit it dominates in some places.
>
> Haveing been in the middle of some of those cat fights I can tell you
> nothing much gets done conservation wise. I am a big tent
> conservationist. The NFC was designed to be a "Big Tent " Organization.
> Some of us are Liberal some Conservative, Some Jew Some Gentile, some
> Faithfull some Faithless. However all or most of us anyway see a problem
> and agree there needs to be something done about it. So where there is
> common ground we can work together.
>
>
> Robert Rice
> Save those Fishes, Join the Native Fish Conservancy
> http://www.nativefish.org
> Love those gartersnakes? visit
> http://gartersnake.net
>
>
>
> On Fri, 25 Aug 2000 23:35:53 EDT BR0630 at aol_com writes:
> > In a message dated 00-08-25 20:35:16 EDT, you write:
> >
> > << I write this with sadness because the Sierra Club could have been
> > so much
> > more. >>
> >
> > Although no response was desired, I am compelled to add only $.02
> > worth of my
> > concurring opinion. I have been made to feel like an
> > anti-conservationalist
> > or worse by some in 'the other' fish organization we are familiar
> > with. I,
> > like you, believe that conservation is really part of most people's
> > ethic,
> > albeit many do not participate to any degree in political activism.
> > But to
> > try to say because one supports conservative politicians means one
> > is against
> > conservative environmental ideals is ignorant at best and grossly
> > dishonest
> > at worst.
> > Bruce Scott
> > Meridian, Idaho
> >
>
>
> Robert Rice
> Save those Fishes, Join the Native Fish Conservancy
> http://www.nativefish.org
> Love those gartersnakes? visit
> http://gartersnake.net
>
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